If i wanted to open a restaurant and call it "Jauque in the Box" (jack in the box) or "mackdonalds" (mcdonalds)
2007-04-08 13:23:27 · 9 answers · asked by J's leather emporium 3 in Business & Finance ➔ Small Business
Its illegal if someone could reasonably confuse your businesses name with the name of the copyright holder, this holds true in the USA.
2007-04-08 13:28:10 · answer #1 · answered by Moops 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can tell you this, I wouldn't eat in a place with names like those. Just my humble opinion. Try to be more creative on your own. I know it's hard because I thought about opening a restaurant and the name I had picked out was similar to another restaurant.
2007-04-08 20:52:30 · answer #2 · answered by prcsdime 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whether it's legal or not would ultimately be a matter for the courts.
And you can bet that you'd be sued. Even if it's ultimately decided that your choice of business names was legal, I'm not sure that would be much comfort after shelling out the kind of money you'd have to in order to fight the battle.
But if you've got a spare million for legal fees and a couple of years to waste on the legal wrangling, hey -- have at it.
2007-04-08 20:37:15 · answer #3 · answered by ISOintelligentlife 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably legal however it would be up to Jack in the Box
or McDonalds to decide if they felt you were violating their
copyright and sue you if they felt you were in violation...
Then the courts could decide...
2007-04-08 20:32:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is legal, but not very many people would really want to go there rather than the real places.
2007-04-08 20:26:59 · answer #5 · answered by Chris_Knows 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You would almost certainly get called on the carpet for trademark infringement.
2007-04-08 20:31:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yea as long as it isnt spelled the same i think....what is jack in the box?
2007-04-08 20:26:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can still be sued, because of the implied name.
2007-04-08 20:32:05 · answer #8 · answered by HD Rider 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it is, as long as you don't serve things similar to that of those restaurants.
2007-04-08 20:27:12 · answer #9 · answered by (♥_♥) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋